Outer space is all but unreachable. Even close planets like Mars take months to get to and there isn\u2019t much there. Other solar systems? Forget about it! Unless we discover a way around the whole speed of light thing \u2013 highly unlikely \u2013 we are never leaving this solar system. And yet we keep trying stuff?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not like there are no challenges closer to home either. We have better maps of Mars than we do of the earth under the oceans. And the oceans have lots of highly valuable things like minerals, and metals and food stuff and what not that we really could use. OF source it is hard to get at which should be a challenge, like space, that we raise up to and try to solve. But for the most part we don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
We look to space. What is it about space that makes us want to strive for it? I don\u2019t understand it. Honestly though if given a choice between a trip to the bottom of the ocean and a trip into earth orbit I\u2019d want to go to space. Makes no sense. But there you have it.<\/p>\n
Now I love the seas. Even as a young person I was very interested in undersea things. I read about it, I went to conferences, and I thought a lot about it. But my blood still raced more reading science fiction about space exploration. Is it the fantasy or something else? Or are we just foolishly acting against our best interests? What do you think?<\/p>\n